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- Written Answers — Youth Unemployment: Youth Unemployment (21 Feb 2012)
Enda Kenny: I propose to take Questions Nos. 98 to 100, inclusive, together. Following on from the informal European Council meeting in January, President Barroso wrote to the eight member states with youth unemployment levels significantly above the EU average. The countries involved are Spain, Greece, Slovakia, Lithuania, Italy, Portugal, Latvia and Ireland. In his letter President Barroso offered the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (21 Feb 2012)
Enda Kenny: There are no retired persons serving on State boards and commissions under the aegis of my Department.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (21 Feb 2012)
Enda Kenny: The total spend by my Department on photography since March 2011 is â¬30,629.00. Increasingly my Department utilises its own staff to take photographs in house thereby reducing costs. The comparable cost in 2008 for example, was â¬83,398.00. However for major events and inward state visits my Department continues to use the services of a professional photographic agency. As requested,...
- Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2012)
Enda Kenny: Deputy Martin has raised a range of issues which are clearly of concern to the Government. Those issues relate to the structure of the health service and also to the way in which services are delivered to patients, either those in hospital or those who are unfortunate enough to be on waiting lists. I listened to a radio interview this morning with a paediatric professional from Our Lady's...
- Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2012)
Enda Kenny: If it is of interest to the Deputy, I have no intention of announcing when I plan to visit the medical card unit. I am not interested in that type of operation. What I am interested in is ensuring people throughout the country who lodge applications for a medical card or to have one renewed will be dealt with swiftly, efficiently and professionally.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2012)
Enda Kenny: There have been teething problems. I have received representations from many of my own Deputies. The problem became acute when an application received was deemed to be incomplete and sent back to seek further information. A response to such an application might not have been received for a long time.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2012)
Enda Kenny: I understand changes have been made after applications have been received to continue medical card coverage until they are dealt with. Therefore, there should not be a situation where, as the Deputy pointed out, people fear they will not receive their medicines because their medical card have not been renewed. I hope this issue is being sorted out by the personnel working in the unit.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2012)
Enda Kenny: I have pointed out that the clinical director, Dr. Costigan, will meet the three hospitals and the association of emergency medicine paediatric physicians shortly to deal with the question of escalation in the provision of emergency treatment for children. The hospitals in Dublin have a joint operation in cases where escalation might occur. The Deputy mentioned patients on trollies and...
- Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2012)
Enda Kenny: I have been in many accident and emergency units during the years.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2012)
Enda Kenny: It is terrible for patients who, in some circumstances, can be on a trolley for a considerable amount of time. However, it is nothing new. Deputy Martin made the comment way back when he was Minister for Health about ending waiting lists permanently. The number of adults waiting for more than six months rose between the end of 2010 and June 2011 which reflected the difficulties experienced...
- Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2012)
Enda Kenny: The total number waiting at the end of June was 11,200 and at the end of August,12,000. Between August and December the number decreased to 11,688, a drop of just over 5% in four months. It is obvious the special delivery unit began to make an impact on waiting times.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2012)
Enda Kenny: The unit was established in June in order that the issue of waiting periods could be dealt with. The Minister introduced strict chronological management of inpatient waiting lists and set a maximum waiting time for treatment of 12 months-----
- Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2012)
Enda Kenny: -----to be overseen by the special delivery unit and the National Treatment Purchase Fund.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2012)
Enda Kenny: This is working very effectively.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2012)
Enda Kenny: The Government made a decision on this matter yesterday. It was made public that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform would give details of the decision at a press conference this morning. It is important for the Deputy to understand the original intention was that every cent that might accrue from the sale of State assets would go towards debt reduction.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2012)
Enda Kenny: It was to go towards debt reduction.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2012)
Enda Kenny: Every cent was to go towards debt reduction. Yesterday the Government decided on the sale of State assets, not in a fire sale but for the optimum amount at an appropriate time, to reach a target of â¬3 billion. The outcome of the discussions between the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, the Minister for Finance and the troika was that once the figure from the disposal of State...
- Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2012)
Enda Kenny: The objective of the Government is to have a limit, reaching â¬3 billion, for the disposal of State assets at the appropriate time and the best opportune price for the State. I do not envisage that any of this will happen this year but I envisage the commencement and realisation of some of the sale of State assets in 2013.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2012)
Enda Kenny: It was on national radio.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2012)
Enda Kenny: It was made perfectly clear to the nation this morning that following the decision of the Government yesterday the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, would today make known the details of the decision. I have just given Deputy Adams the gist of it.